hi all At 12:21 1999/08/16 -0700, kelly sholinder wrote: >Hi folks..... >While I would usually encourage conversations of any kind that may or may >not expand our thinking, I'm not enthusiastic about 192 pieces of mail that >have little or nothing to do with my reasons for signing up for the >Parkinson's mailing list! I was under the impression this mailing list was >devoted to generating and sharing information on PD for patients, >caregivers, and friends/family members. Instead, I'm wading thru china >patterns and the theory of evolution!... somehow i doubt that there have been 192 messages about china and evolution!!! ik would've noticed!!! is there maybe just a tad bit of exaggeration here? we are 1800 members with 1800 ideas of what this list 'should' be and 1800 'reasons' for joining it >If anyone has a suggestion on how to receive >ONLY PD information via this list... list volume is a topic that has been discussed fully you will find lots of information and advice in the list archives there is also a ton of practical pd information there ripe for the picking... >Please don't view this as a "verbal spanking".... I'm just genuinely >interested in finding PD information at this stage, and the volume of >irrelevant mail coming my way is a tad frustrating! trouble is one person's irrelevancy is another person's way of coping we are not here to restrict anyone else's voice i hope janet janet paterson 52 now / 41 dx / 37 onset snail-mail: PO Box 171 Almonte Ontario K0A 1A0 Canada website: a new voice <http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Village/6263/> e-mail: <[log in to unmask]>